Overview
- The encounter took place early Friday around 3 a.m. in Sherpur under Maner police station when Special Task Force and Patna district police approached a group said to be assembling to plan a major incident.
- Police say the suspects opened fire, officers returned fire, and three men identified as J.P. Yadav, Suraj Kumar (alias Raja Sharma) and Bablu Kumar were taken to hospital and declared dead.
- Maner SHO Rajnish Kumar sustained a grazing bullet wound to his arm and was shifted for treatment while police recovered two pistols, a country-made firearm and several empty cartridges at the scene.
- Authorities said the deceased had prior criminal records and were wanted in several cases, including an alleged involvement in the murder of Sanjit Kumar (alias Bholu), and police fired 18 rounds compared with more than 24 from the suspects.
- Officials have sent the bodies for videographed post-mortems and are continuing evidence collection and investigations to establish the sequence of events and any wider threats to the area.